Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Flashcards
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Which amendment to the Constitution prohibited poll taxes as a requirement for voting in federal elections?
Answer: 24th Amendment
The 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964, abolished poll taxes in federal elections, removing a financial barrier that had been used to disenfranchise poor voters.
What is the purpose of a writ of habeas corpus?
Answer: To require authorities to bring a detained person before a court to justify the detention
Habeas corpus is a legal action requiring authorities to show that a person's detention is lawful, protecting individuals from arbitrary imprisonment.
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act) primarily addressed discrimination in which area?
Answer: Sale and rental of housing
The Fair Housing Act of 1968 prohibited discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, color, religion, or national origin.
The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) was founded primarily to advance the civil rights of which group?
Answer: African Americans
The NAACP, founded in 1909, is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization, established to fight racial inequality and advance the rights of African Americans.
The concept of 'due process of law' found in the 5th and 14th Amendments primarily protects citizens from:
Answer: Arbitrary government action that deprives them of life, liberty, or property
Due process requires that the government follow fair procedures and act within the law before depriving any person of life, liberty, or property.
Which Supreme Court case established the 'one person, one vote' principle, requiring legislative districts to be roughly equal in population?
Answer: Reynolds v. Sims
Reynolds v. Sims (1964) held that state legislative districts must be roughly equal in population to ensure equal representation, establishing the 'one person, one vote' doctrine.
The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was primarily designed to protect the right to vote for which group?
Answer: African American men who had formerly been enslaved
The 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, prohibited denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude, extending voting rights to African American men.